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B. A. BARBER 8: A. B. BABBITT. STREET GAR MECHANISM FOR OPERATING SWITCHES.

N0. 527,262. Patented Oct. 9, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC EVERETT A. BARBER, OF LAKEWOQD, AND,ARTHUR B. BABBITT, OF PAW- I TUCKET, RHODE ISLAND.

STREET-CAR MECHANISM FOR OPERATING SWlTCHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,262, dated October 9, 1894. I Application filed June 2'7, 1894-. 'Serial No. 515,833- (ll'omodeh) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EVERETT A. BARBER ofLakewood,and ARTHUR B. BABBITT, of Pawtucket, in the county of Providence and State 5 of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful-Improvements in Street-Oar Mechanism for Operating Switches; and we do hereby declarathat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference to being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class ofdevices attached to street railway cars, to enable the driver or,- conductor to operate the switch from the car when necessary, without stopping it for that purpose. It is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1, is aplan view of the switch bar and a portion of the rails. Fig. 2, shows the under side of one pair of the switch deflectors. Fig.

3, is a side elevation of the truck, and a part of a car with a' side -view of the switch operating devices. Fig. 4:, is a view from the up- 2 5 per side of the switch operating devices,.with

the car platform removed. The construction and arrangement of the partsiis as followsi f I i A, is thecar floor and platform.

B, is the truck with the usual wheels and axles. V

0, b are two horizontal bars extending crosswise of the'car, 'over the forward end of the truck.

J, J are boxes attached tosthe front of the truck by bolts t, t, which pass loosely through slots in the ears of the boxes J, and screw into the truck bar, so that the .box isfree to move a little sidewise, and springs 'i, '11, are

pushed to one side.

receive the vertical bars a, a, which are fitted to slide freely in -the holes. 'The bars a, a,

' have holes through their upper ends to re placed one on each side of the bar, to bring it back to its proper position after it has been- These boxes J, J, have i each twosquare holes made through them to p when they' have been pushed down to operate the switch. Two levers, d, d, are pivoted to stands 7*, 0*, made fast to the-under side of the platform near its middle and in position to receive the bar b, in a. slot in the innerend of the lever d, and the bar b, in a like slot in the inner end of the lever d. V The outer ends of the levers d, d, are flattened out to receive the inner ends of two levers s, s, that are to supported in like'manner from the under side of the car, as the levers d, (1', just described. The inner, ends of the levers s, 3', rest respectively on the outer ends of the lovers (2,

d, and their outer ends are shaped to receive thelower ends of two verticalpi'ns 'u, v, fitted to slide in holes made through the car platform. The two sets of levers d and d, s and s, are placed far enough apart to bring the pins 1), q)",- opposite to the feet. of the driver,

so that he can operate one pin with his right foot orthe other pin with his left foot, as may be required.

The switch tongue D, (see Fig. 1) has a pin or projection g, on its upper side, or some similar device, for the switch shoes e, e, to push against and move the switch. As will be seen by reference to Fig. 2, the two deflecting shoes e, e, on the lower ends of the-vertical bars a, a, are turned to the right to throw the switch tongue D, in-one direction, and the two shoes e, e, on the vertical bars a, a',.are turned to the left to throw the switch tongue in the opposite direction. By

this arrangement, when the driver wishes to switch the car 01f to the right, he pushes the right pin down with his. right foot, and the lovers s, will depress the bars b, and cause the shoes etc strike the pin g, and throw the tongue D, over to the left, so-that the-car will go go to the right; and when he wants togoito the left, presses the other ine, downwith .his left foot, which in like manner will oper-- ate "to press down the bars a, and shoes. e, and the switch tongue will be thrown to the right, and the-car will go to the left. *If any .obstruction; ice for instance, prevents the switch tongue frcm moving properly when the shoe strikes the projection g, the springs 73, 'i, at the sides ofthe boxes-J, J, will allow the boxes and bars a,. a', to yield to oneside, so as to allow the shoe to pass the projection,

' without breaking, though the springs i, 'i, are

to he made stiff enough to hold the shoes up to move the switch when it is in a normal condition The pins 1), '0, are made with round heads' on their'iipper ends; but the lower ends are left of the same size as the body, so that they can be taken out and used at the other. end of the car, and cannot be operated when not in use.

Having thus described ourimprove me'ntsg' keep them in place when not moved by obstructions, -in combination with horizontal .1

bars to connect said pairs of vertical bars, springs for raising the horizontal and vertical bars, levers to raise and lower said rods, and means for operating said levers from the car platform, substantially as described.

2. In a car attachment for operating a railway switch the combination of the pins 1),,

"v', levers s, s and d, d, with the rods b, b

and. the deflector bars a, a, connected by said 'bar's'b',"'?)', withspr'mgs 17 '15)- for-raisin-g said.

bars I; b and deflector bars a a, snbstantial-ly 3 as described..-

EVERETT A. BARBER.

. ARTHUR B. BABBITT.

Witnesses: BENJ. ARNOLD,

JAMES E. ARNOL 

